tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26867929.post6239144097874415327..comments2023-10-04T11:06:08.242+01:00Comments on unknown unknowns: The evolution of a Ryanair faredivothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10244058128602997049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26867929.post-22135100397069832832009-07-30T16:14:12.198+01:002009-07-30T16:14:12.198+01:00Clom - I'm with you. The thing is, at least R...Clom - I'm with you. The thing is, at least Ryanair used to be somewhat honest about it's fares - all the oncosts were optional extras, stated (however unclearly) as such on the site.<br /><br />This charge for checking in online (plus the wheelchair levy etc) is really the final straw for me though - because you have no choice, and without a choice, it should be in the basic ticket price. It's outright deception and dishonesty. Grrr!divothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244058128602997049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26867929.post-1799601312892807452009-07-28T14:04:39.414+01:002009-07-28T14:04:39.414+01:00The online check-in charge should be illegal as yo...The online check-in charge should be illegal as you have no other method of boarding the flight you have paid for. Ryanair does itself no favours by treating its paying customers like "baggage".<br />However the bottom line is; for the destinations we go to they are at least half as cheap as any other airline, even with all the voodoo fees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26867929.post-72265517123235323202009-07-23T12:30:19.799+01:002009-07-23T12:30:19.799+01:00Another delightful practice is the continued gougi...Another delightful practice is the continued gouging of paying customers at the airport too.<br /><br />On our way out on our holidays we were flying out of stansted, the missus was charged with checking in online as I was insanely busy with work. As we were flying down from Edinburgh with Easyjet she noticed on their website they said only check in online if you're taking only hand baggage. So she assumed that the same applied to Ryanair (in most circumstances this unworldly innocence is endearing). This information wasn't shared with me until we were in the queue for Bag Drop in Stansted. <br /><br />The charge for checking in and printing out our boarding passes at the electronic terminals was £40STG per person.<br /><br />Needless to say this enabled us to set off on our holidays in a state of serene marital harmony. <br /><br />They were weighing cabin baggage to and from Kaunas too to ensure that no-body was taking more than the 10kg and requiring them to pay additional cabin bag charge (or top up their hold bags and charge for excess there)<br /><br />Regulations are regulations but the business model in Ryanair seems to have integrated a breathtaking degree of cynical contempt for people flying with them. <br /><br />The stated cost of flying STN-KAU was £24.99 each way. We ended up paying in excess of £170 each.clomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233184777931765436noreply@blogger.com